John A. Coleman

I had the opportunity and pleasure recently to give a talk and attend a two and a half day workshop in upstate New York at a seminar sponsored by the board of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment NRPE NRPE rsquo s mission statement reads ldquo The Partnership is integrat

Three years ago I helped organize a week-long series of lectures workshops even artistic events at Loyola Marymount University around the topic of ldquo Environmental Responsibility rdquo During that week we premiered Laurie David rsquo s HBO documentary on global warming Too Hot Not to Han

I spied recently a notice for a new journal being inaugurated this fall The International Journal of Illich Studies Especially with the health care debate swirling around us it might be worthwhile to revisit the ex-Monsignor and radical social critic Ivan Illich I had occasion this summer to

Rarely in recent memory has a novel so captivated me mdash even hooked me mdash as Abraham Verghese rsquo s Cutting for Stone I knew the book was getting to me when I began to violate my almost stereotypical routine for reading novels Normally I read a novel each day seriatim for thirty minut

ldquo Tell me what you eat rdquo the French gastronomist Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously quipped ldquo and I will tell you what you are rdquo By that standard Americans might be said to be as corny as Kansas Corn represents the central staple of American agribusiness American cattle fatt

I heard South African Bishop Kevin Dowling speak to our Saint Ignatius Parish rsquo s adult formation session a week ago Sunday nbsp The parish piggy-backed off his presence at the adjacent University of San Francisco where Dowling was the recipient of an honorary doctorate and served as the comm